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Northeast L.A. Riverfront

The NELA Riverfront District Vision and Economic Development Plan was the result of community engagement activities that were aimed at celebrating Northeast Los Angeles’ riverfront neighborhoods: Atwater Village, Cypress Park, Elysian Valley, Glassell Park and Lincoln Heights. From 2013 to 2014, the Plan documented ideas from the community with the goal of improving the NELA Riverfront area and giving recommendations to deliver those improvements to the L.A. River and its surrounding Northeast Los Angeles riverfront neighborhoods. Download the Vision Plan (93.6 MB)

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The researchers of the NELA Riverfront Collaborative conducted a focus group discussion with local media producers, editors, and writers to learn about the conditions and challenges of local media storytelling from the perspective of those that were di...
After over a year and a half of engaging the Northeast Los Angeles riverfront communities, the collaborative is excited to invite you to the final…
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I almost always take the bus since my daughters are long gone. My husband is sick so he can't drive anymore.
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Our customer base is varied, we have lots of Latinos but also Anglos, Armenians, a few. A little of bit of everything.
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A radical change I've seen? Less violence. You can walk the streets with ease compared to how it was in the 90's, 2000. It's very different.
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Barbers are becoming extinct, there aren't enough barbers these days because it costs $15,000 dollars to become one. So a lot young guys prefer studying something else.
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Gang violence went down. It's not as bad as before. We had an accident recently over here. I guess two young cats got killed on the corner over here, but besides that it's been pretty calm.
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It is a nice neighborhood. Quiet. I drive the same route every day from 5:00am to 1:30pm. I pull the bus out of the yard, do my rounds, and get relief at 1:30pm every day.
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Many years ago, they gave us money for the park, the park was going to be taken away, yet the community of Cypress Park fought for that park and now we have that park.
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Walk the river all the time. We go up there and pick figs and pomegranates, depending on the season.
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I have a fabric shop and I do custom upholstery. I opened my store on the boulevard in nineteen seventy-four. Eighty percent of my clients are local.
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I've been here for four years. It's calm around here. People are relaxed and respectful.
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